My Quilts

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My other Hobby.

In 2000 i decided i wanted to learn to patchwork quilt, so i joined a class with a Patchwork Quilting shop in Richmond, NSW near where i used to live. There i met the loveliest most patient woman named Jeannette. Firstly, she taught me how to hand applique until i was able to buy a sewing machine at the Quilt Show at Rosehill Gardens. I was then on my way. I completed the first quilt, the one i started to hand applique. It was known as a Sampler Quilt and fits a single bed. Since then i have taken on many projects large and small, some with a lot of hand applique while others were only machine sewn. I have completed over 20 projects and at present have 6 quilts in progress. Over the years i have given a number of my quilts away, one as a raffle prize, others as gifts and a couple were "Love Quilts" given to hospitals for parents to wrap around their terminally ill babies.

The smallest item i have made was a pillow & a table mat for my two Aunts. The largest and the most precious and the one which took 4 years to complete is my double bed quilt. It is nearly entirely hand appliqued apart from sewing the different borders together and due to the size i had it professionally machine quilted.

I get a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction when i complete a quilt. I have also entered two of my quilts in the Royal Bathurst Show, one of them was my double bed quilt which took out 2nd prize in its category and i also entered another quilt which won 3rd prize in its category.

I have included photos of some of my quilts that i still own. Some are proudly displayed in my home.

So while you are looking at my beautiful Collies on the website, please take moment and view My other Hobby.

 


Contact Details

Helen Rixon
Wallerawang, NSW, Australia
Phone : 02 6355 7174
Email : rixowncollies@clubtelco.com